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Table 1 Patient characteristics by COVID-19 status

From: Healthcare‑associated infections in intensive care unit patients with and without COVID-19: a single center prospective surveillance study

Characteristics

All patients

COVID-19

non-COVID-19

p

N (%)

254 (100)

64 (25.1)

190 (74.9)

 

Male sex – n (%)

172 (67.7)

45 (70.3)

127 (66.8)

0.72

Age - years – median (IQR)

63.3 (53.5–71.8)

59.9 (49.3–65.1)

65.5 (57.4–73.2)

< 0.001

SAPS II – median (IQR)

45.0 (35.0-58.8)

43.5 (34.3–56.5)

46.0 (35.0-59.8)

0.30

Mechanical ventilation DUR –

median (IQR)

0.72 (0–1)

0.89 (0.63-1)

0.56 (0-0.96)

< 0.001

Central venous catheter DUR –

median (IQR)

0.8 (0–1)

0.90 (0.68-1)

0.75 (0–1)

0.044

Urinary catheter DUR – median (IQR)

1 (0.95-1)

1 (0.97-1)

1 (0.88-1)

0.52

Antibiotic treatment - n (%)

187 (75.7)

52 (82.5)

135 (73.3)

0.14

Days of antibiotic treatment - median (IQR)

5 (1–12)

9 (4–20)

5 (0–10)

0.001

ICU length of stay in days - median (IQR)

6 (5–11)

11 (6-22.3)

5 (4–8)

< 0.001

  1. IQR, interquartile range; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; DUR, Device Utilization Ratio (device days/patient days); ICU, Intensive Care Unit